The School of Health Sciences and Practice faculty, including emeriti faculty, consists of healthcare practitioners and industry-based professionals dedicated to enhancing the student experience. Our faculty members engage in groundbreaking research, push the boundaries of current knowledge, and add unique perspectives to classroom lectures and clinical rotations in public health, physical therapy, and speech-language pathology.
Amy Ansehl, M.S.N., D.N.P., RN, FNP-BC
Senior Associate Dean for Student Experience; Associate Professor, Public Health; Director, Applied Practice Experience, Public Health; Director of Community Outreach and Education (CEHCHV), Public Health | School of Health Sciences & PracticeAdjunct Associate Professor, Family and Community Medicine | School of Medicine
Kathryn Ballerini, M.S. '03, CCC-SLP
Clinical Instructor, Speech Language Pathology | School of Health Sciences & Practice
Stefanie Blanco, M.S. '10, SLP.D., CCC-SLP, TSSLD, ATP
Director of Clinical Education, Speech Language Pathology; Associate Professor, Speech Language Pathology | School of Health Sciences & Practice
Adam Block, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Public Health | School of Health Sciences & Practice
Chia-Ching Chen, M.A., M.S., Ed.D., CHES
Professor, Public Health; Director of Advanced Certificate in Health Education | School of Health Sciences & Practice
Catherine L. Curtis, Ed.D., M.A., PT
Assistant Professor, Physical Therapy | School of Health Sciences & Practice
Janet Dolot, D.P.T., Dr.P.H. ’14, M.S., PT, OCS
Associate Professor, Physical Therapy | School of Health Sciences & Practice
Elizabeth Drugge, Ph.D., M.P.H.'12
Associate Professor, Public Health; Director of Center for Collaborative Research (CCR) | School of Health Sciences & PracticeDirector of Evidence-Based Medicine (EBM) Curricular Theme and Adjunct Professor, Pharmacology | School of MedicineAdjunct Professor, Pharmacology | Biomedical Sciences
Kathleen Franklin, M.S., Ph.D., CCC-SLP
Associate Professor, Speech Language Pathology | School of Health Sciences & Practice
Wendy Georgan, Ph.D., CCC-SLP
Assistant Professor, Speech Language Pathology | School of Health Sciences & Practice
Vikas Grover, Ph.D., CCC-SLP
Chair of the Department of Rehabilitation Sciences;
Division Chief, Speech Language Pathology; Academic Program Director, Speech Language Pathology; Professor, Speech Language Pathology; Director of Speech Perception and Production Lab, Speech Language Pathology | School of Health Sciences & Practice
Walter Jenkins, D.H.S., PT, M.S., AT-Ret
Division Chief and Program Director, Physical Therapy | School of Health Sciences & Practice
Parmveer Kaushal, D.P.T., M.P.T., PT, CCS
Assistant Professor, Physical Therapy | School of Health Sciences & Practice
Kenneth A. Knapp, Ph.D.
Chair, Public Health; Director, Dr.P.H. Program, Public Health; Assistant Professor, Public Health | School of Health Sciences & Practice
Tai M. Lee Jr., EMT-P/CIC, MEP
Assistant Director, Center for Disaster Medicine; Instructor, Institute of Public Health | School of Health Sciences & Practice
David S. Markenson, M.D., Dr.P.H. '25, M.B.A., FACEP
Medical Director and Director, Center of Excellence in Precision Responses to Bioterrorism and Disasters; Director, Center for Disaster MedicineSenior Associate Dean for Research; Professor, Institute of Public Health | School of Health Sciences & Practice
Daniel Peters, M.D., FACS
Director of Anatomy, Cell and Molecular Physiology; Associate Professor, Cell and Molecular Physiology & Cell and Molecular Physiology – Division of Anatomy | Biomedical SciencesAssociate Professor, Cell and Molecular Physiology & Cell and Molecular Physiology – Division of Anatomy | School of MedicineAssociate Professor, Physical Therapy & Speech Language Pathology | School of Health Sciences & Practice
Amy Rickard, M.A., CCC-SLP
Adjunct Assistant Professor, Speech Language Pathology | School of Health Sciences & Practice
Ainsley Rossi, D.P.T., PT, OCS
Assistant Professor, Physical Therapy | School of Health Sciences & Practice
Victor Santamaria, Ph.D., M.Sc., PT, PCS
Assistant Professor, Physical Therapy; Director, Motion Analysis Laboratory | School of Health Sciences & Practice
